The Madness
William Collins (Verlag)
978-0-00-842046-8 (ISBN)
A powerful, probing book about PTSD.
As a journalist Keane has covered conflict and brutality across the world for more than thirty years, from Rwanda, Sudan, South Africa, Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Ukraine and many more. Driven by an irresistible compulsion to be where the night is darkest, he made a name for reporting with humanity and empathy from places where death and serious injury were not abstractions, and tragedy often just a moment’s bad luck away.
But all this time he struggled not to be overwhelmed by another story, his acute ‘complex post-traumatic stress disorder’, a condition arising from exposure to multiple instances of trauma experienced over a long period. This condition has caused him to suffer a number of mental breakdowns and hospitalisations. Despite this, and countless promises to do otherwise, he has gone back to the wars again and again.
Why?
In this powerful and intensely personal book, Keane interrogates what it is that draws him to the wars, what keeps him there and offers a reckoning of the damage done.
PTSD affects people from all walks of life. Trauma can be found in many places, not just war. Keane’s book speaks to the struggle of all who are trying to recover from injury, addiction and mental breakdown. It is a survivor’s story drawn from lived experience, told with honesty, courage and an open heart.
FERGAL KEANE OBE was born in London and educated in Ireland. He is one of the BBC’s most distinguished correspondents and has covered most of the world’s conflicts of the last thirty years. In 2020, he announced that he was stepping down as the BBC’s Africa editor because of his ongoing struggles with PTSD. His documentary film Fergal Keane: Living with PTSD was broadcast in May 2022. He is the author of several bestselling and award-winning books including Letter to Daniel, addressed to his newborn son, Road of Bones, about the siege of Kohima, and Wounds, which won the Christopher Ewart-Biggs Prize and the Irish Book of the Year Award for Non-Fiction. He has been awarded a BAFTA, an Emmy and the Orwell Prize for political writing. He continues to work for the BBC as a Special Correspondent
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.07.2023 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 129 x 198 mm |
| Gewicht | 260 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Krankheiten / Heilverfahren | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Journalistik | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-00-842046-7 / 0008420467 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-00-842046-8 / 9780008420468 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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